English idioms about other people

Each English idiom below comes with what it means and how other languages put the same idea. To see every language at once, open the side-by-side page for other people.

  1. Get on someone’s nerves

    To annoy or irritate someone.

    Elsewhere

  2. Stand someone up

    To not turn up for a date or meeting without telling the other person.

    Elsewhere

  3. Wrap someone around your little finger

    To have someone so charmed or devoted that they'll do whatever you want.

    Elsewhere

  4. Not my circus, not my monkeys

    This isn't my problem, so I'm not getting involved.

    Elsewhere

  5. I couldn’t care less

    To not care about something at all.

    Elsewhere

  6. Split hairs

    To argue about tiny details that don't matter.

    Elsewhere

  7. A prima donna

    lit. ‘first lady (Italian)’

    To want special treatment that nobody else gets.

    Elsewhere

  8. Like two peas in a pod

    To look or be almost exactly alike.

    Elsewhere

Phrases in bold with a red marker are written up. The rest are waiting for their own page and a check by a native speaker.